• Top News
  • FOX News/New York Post/NewsMax: Kristi Noem announces more than 150 illegal immigrant sex offenders arrested in massive Florida crackdown
  • FOX News: DHS announces more than 150 illegal alien sexual predators arrested in Florida
  • Daily Signal: Noem vs. Pritzker: Battle Over Illegal Immigration in Chicago
  • Daily Caller: Kristi Noem Brags That More Foreigners Are Becoming Citizens Than Ever Before
  • Washington Times: DHS says migrant enforcement surge has cut crime in Chicago
  • Breitbart/FOX News/Blaze: President Trump Celebrates Chicago’s Falling Crime Rates After ‘Operation Midway Blitz’
  • Chicago Tribune: Ignoring trends, President Donald Trump credits ‘Midway Blitz’ for drop in Chicago violence
  • AP/Axios/New York Times/Washington Post: Judge signals hundreds of people detained in Chicago immigration crackdown could be released on bond
  • FOX News: DHS blasts Chicago mayor for comparing raid leader to segregationists, accusing him of ‘terror’
  • Blaze: He’s not that smart’: Homan lampoons Chicago mayor for pleading with UN to intervene against ICE
  • Chicago Tribune: Judge rules mandatory detention of Chicago day care teacher by ICE is illegal
  • Chicago Tribune: Can federal immigration agents go in schools? Here’s what to know.
  • Daily Caller: Democratic Senate Staffer Caught Posing As Lawyer For Four-Time Deported Illegal, DHS Alleges
  • USA Today: Trump ‘tried to scare us’: Chicago congressional candidate pleads not guilty in Blitz arrestt
  • Breitbart: Tommy Pigott: Countries Want to Work with Us to Target Cartels
  • Washington Post: U.S. troops not liable in boat strikes, classified Justice Dept. memo says
  • FOX Business: Remarkable’ to see Democrats criticizing Trump for this: Tricia McLaughlin
  • Reuters: Rubio dismisses criticism of U.S. Caribbean strikes at G7 meeting
  • Daily Wire: Marco Rubio Rips EU Critics Who Claim Drug Boat Strikes Violate ‘International Law’
  • Washington Post: U.S. allies begin to push back on Trump’s Caribbean military strikes
  • CNN: What the US military is using to strike alleged drug boats
  • Washington Examiner: [Venezuela] Venezuela orders major mobilization as US aircraft carrier arrives in nearby waters
  • Breitbart: Human Rights Watch says Venezuelans sent to El Salvador were tortured
  • Bloomberg: Trump Taps Former Ted Cruz Aide for Texas District Judgeship
  • Los Angeles Times: A day without fear’: Chicagoans buy out street vendors amid immigration crackdown
  • Breitbart: Trump’s DHS Slams The Guardian for ‘Peddling Sob Stories’ About Deported Meth Trafficker
  • Washington Post: Catholic bishops launch program in defense of migrants
  • NPR: Immigration is a key issue at this week’s U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops
  • New York Times: Catholic Bishops Rebuke U.S. ‘Mass Deportation’ of Immigrants
• Opinion – Op-Eds
  • Chicago Tribune: [IL] Wearing camo doesn’t hide the real reason ICE is here
  • Los Angeles Times: [Venezuela] Don’t count on regime change to stabilize Venezuela
• Immigration and Customs Enforcement
  • Reuters: Democratic-led states are inadvertently sharing drivers’ data with ICE, officials say
  • The Hill: Democrats urge states ‘to block ICE’s access’ to driver data
  • Good Day Seattle at 10AM: Calls for ICE to End Use of Full Body Restraints
  • New York Post: [MD] Convicted killer and most-wanted gang member with ‘666’ forehead tattoo busted by ICE
  • New York Post: [NY] Fed agents heckled in dramatic NYC scene as they tussle with suspect: video
  • NBC 6 Miami: [FL] Broward man charged with possession of child porn
  • NPR: [MO] Some Black police officials worry more federal agents will breed community mistrust
  • NBC News: [OH] Ohio town rallies around man who faces deportation to Laos after 40 years in the U.S.
  • Univision: [TX] "We are a city of immigrants": Mayor Whitmire clarifies that Houston police do not cooperate with ICE
  • Chicago Tribune: [IL] Attorneys plan logistics for tour of ICE facility in Broadview; temporary restraining order to be extended
  • Chicago Tribune: [IL] Congressional candidate Kat Abughazaleh and 5 others in court today for Broadview ICE protest case
  • Breitbart: [IL] Report: Man Busted with 11 Pounds of Fentanyl at Illinois Walmart in Sting Operation Tied to Mexican Cartel
  • FOX News: [IL] University of Chicago faculty unions demand school end ‘inaction’ against ICE raids
  • Chicago Tribune: [IN] U.S. citizen son, 15, released after Gary immigration raid
  • Houston Chronicle: [TX] Texas AG suing county for helping immigrants facing deportation get access to legal support
  • Houston Chronicle: [TX] Mayor John Whitmire defends HPD as criticism mounts over ICE cooperation: ‘Don’t politicize this’
  • CNN: [OR] Teen gives emotional testimony on ICE raids at city council meeting
  • Reason: [OR] Oregon Woman Says ICE Broke Out Her Car Windows and Detained Her for Filming Them
  • CNN: [CA] British journalist Sami Hamdi headed home after more than two weeks in ICE detention
  • Daily Wire: [CA] Judge Releases Illegal Immigrant Cop From ICE Custody
  • San Francisco Chronicle: [CA] Detained immigrants sue over alleged inhumane conditions at California City ICE facility
  • Los Angeles Times: [CA] Immigrant detainees say they were harassed, sexually assaulted by guard who got promoted
  • Los Angeles Times: [CA] When immigration agents picked up a 15-year-old white teen
  • Daily Wire: [CA] The Child Trafficking Epidemic Is Worse Than You Think
  • Univision: [CA] Rumors about ICE at food banks generate fear in California communities
• Citizenship and Immigration Services
  • Washington Post: U.S. visas can be denied for obesity, cancer and diabetes, Rubio says
  • Daily Caller: Ivy League Professors Fight For Non-Citizen ‘Right’ To Openly Support Terror Without Consequence
  • USA Today: Trump says H-1B visas needed because of lack of US talent, igniting MAGA furor
  • FOX News: Trump’s backing of H-1B visa program exposes cracks within MAGA movement
  • The Hill: Greene criticizes Trump on H-1B visas, China students in US
  • Telemundo51: [FL] Former Cuban pilot linked to the downing of "Brothers to the Rescue" planes accused of immigration fraud in the US
  • Washington Times: [TX] Illegal immigrant stole U.S. teen’s identity, booting boy off Medicaid in Texas
  • Axios: [TX] Texas ranks among top states for unauthorized immigrant population
  • AP: [CA] California revokes 17,000 commercial driver’s licenses for immigrants
• Customs and Border Protection
  • New York Times: An Interview With the Man Behind Trump’s Current Immigration Crackdown
  • NewsNation: CBP offers retired agents double pay to rejoin and boost ranks
  • Daily Wire: [NC] Border Agents Head To Charlotte After Illegal Immigration Sweep In Chicago
  • Axios: [NC] North Carolina officials respond to unverified reports of U.S. Border Patrol agents coming to Charlotte
  • NBC 5 News at 6am: [IL] Border Patrol Chief Bovino to Leave Chicago
  • Univision Chicago WGBO: [IL] Bovino and his Border Patrol agents are kicked out of a butcher shop in Little Village: here’s what the owner says
  • AP: [MI] Chinese scientist pleads guilty in US smuggling case and will be quickly deported
  • NewsMax: [MI] Michigan Senate Candidate Deletes Anti-Border Patrol X Post
  • NewsMax: [OR] Border Patrol Arrests Mexican ICE Protester
  • Daily Caller: [CA] Woman Leads Police On 155-Mile Chase From US Into Mexico, Makes Incredible Time Without Speeding
• Transportation Security Administration
  • AP: Lawsuit challenges TSA’s ban on transgender officers conducting pat-downs
  • Reuters: US Flight Cancellations Fall as Air Traffic Controllers Return
  • FOX Business: Flight reductions frozen at 6% as air traffic controller callouts see ‘rapid decline’
  • Reuters: Buses and trains see resurgence amid US air travel chaos
  • Axios: DMACC’s nationwide TSA training program is on indefinite hold
  • FOX News: [GA] Passenger finds loaded magazine with mysterious inscription on Atlanta plane; FBI notified
• Secret Service
  • Washington Post: Pirro targets cryptocurrency scams with new federal task force
  • CBS Mornings: [FL] Fed Up With Flight Restrictions Over Mar-a-Lago
• Coast Guard
  • Washington Times: Coast Guard needs more training space amid recruiting surge
• CISA/Cybersecurity
  • CyberScoop: Amazon pins Cisco, Citrix zero-day attacks to APT group
  • CyberScoop: Google files lawsuit against Lighthouse ‘phishing for dummies’ text scammers
• Terrorism Investigations
  • Blaze: [DC] FBI whistleblower pans bureau for alleged ‘gross misconduct’ and ‘fraud’ in early Jan. 6 pipe-bomb investigation
  • Washington Examiner: [CA] DOJ eyes ‘hate crime’ charges for UC Berkeley protests amid civil rights investigation
  • FOX News: [CA] Newsom silent on violent eruption from leftist protesters at CA TPUSA event
  • Free Beacon: [South Africa] Architect of South Africa’s ‘Genocide’ Case Against Israel, Supporter of ‘Armed Struggle,’ Slated To Enter US This Week
• National Security News
  • Breitbart [Colombia] Socialist Colombia Suspends Intelligence Sharing with U.S. over Drug Strikes
  • FOX News: [Venezuela] China moves into Venezuela as Maduro regime gets Beijing lifeline amid US tensions
  • New York Times: [Syria] Syria’s Leaders Pledge to Join Fight Against Islamic State
  • Reuters: [Syria] US CENTCOM says five Islamic state members killed, 19 captured in operations in Syria
  • Reuters: [Israel] US intel revealed Israeli officials discussing use of human shields in Gaza, sources say
  • Reuters: FBI chief: China agreed on plan to stop fentanyl-related chemicals
  • Reuters: [Myanmar] US issues sanctions against Myanmar armed group over scams

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